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A New ID Check Law in Tokyo
- June 11, 2010 5:34 PM
If you are knowledgeable about the Japanese culture, you might have heard of 'internet cafe'. It is a coffee shop where you pay for a booth or a seat to go online. You can be anonymous and enjoy your time online with free drinks at most 'internet cafes'.
It will all change on July 1st, 2010 for 'internet cafe' users in Tokyo. There will be a mandatory ID check at all the 'internet cafes' in Tokyo.
A market research company, iShare inc. released a market research report about the awareness level/opinions about this law.
The study was conducted on Tokyo internet users, between twenties to forties.
From this study, only 17.5% of the users knew about the law, but about 64% of them supported it. The reason being that it "will make the cyberspace more safe" and "will help prevent crimes".
On the other hand, about 45% of them do not want to go through the time consuming ID check process.
Let us see if this law will affect the 'internet cafe' business and their clientele.
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